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<p><p>descartes Is Perhaps Best Known For His Statement, <b>cogito, Ergo Sum,</b> The Cornerstone Of His Metaphysics. But He Did Not Intend The Metaphysics To Stand Apart From His Scientific Work, Which Included Important Investigations Into Physics, Mathematics, And Optics. In This Book, Sorell Shows That Descarates Was, Above All, An Advocate And Practitioner Of The New Mathematical Approach To Physics, And That He Developed His Philosophies To Support His Discoveries In The Sciences.</p> <h3>booknews</h3> <p>much Previous Literature On Descartes Treats His Dualistic Metaphysics As If It Were Disconnected<-->in A Manner Analogous To His Problematic Mind-body Split<-->from His Natural Philosophy. As Part Of A Series Complementing The International Research Library Of Philosophy, This Volume Reflects The Trend In Recent Descartes Studies To Affirm The Increasing Convergence Of The History Of Science And The History Of Philosophy. While Most Of The 27 Selections Collected From 1983-96 Readily Resonate With Standard English Language Cartesian Commentaries, Several Translated Essays From French And Italian Contributors Befit Descartes' Pivotal Role In Western Intellectual History. The

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Author

Tom Sorell (editor)

Publisher

Ashgate; Ashgate Pub Ltd

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781840140682

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities